Acquisitions Resources

Guide to Ethics in Acquisitions2014
Provides an historical perspective on ethics related to acquisitions of library materials and gives practical examples of situations that require thoughtful consideration of ethical behavior.

Guide to Implementing and Managing Patron-Driven Acquisitions 2012
This rapidly evolving practice of involving patrons in selecting books for the library has some librarians wondering where it came from, what it is, why it is growing in importance as a collection development strategy, whether it might be right for their own libraries and, most importantly, how to plan, implement, manage, and evaluate a patron-driven acquisitions program.